Apparatus for obtaining the products of peat.



E. BARTHOLOMEW.

APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING THE PRODUCTS 0F PEAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I0. I9I4- m w L. 9- M 1 d F m D m hw P INVENTOR.

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sums ssrerii'osomnw, or some onto, ss'sxonon rornnus'riounz. rnsr REEINING SGMPANY, or CLEVELAND, .0310, A consosu'rron or DELAWARE.

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ie/5.91s i i f Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. e1, 1916.

original. application filed December 23, 1913, Serial No. 808,213. Divided and this application filed September 10, 1914. Serial No. 861,081. 7

To all whom-it may concern; i Be it known that I, ELLIS BARTHOLOMEW, a. citizen of the United Statesjand e resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have in iented a certain new and useful Apparatus for Obtaining the Prod 'ucts of Peat; and I do hereby declare the following to he a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others slrilledin the art to, which it appertains to-make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

andto the characters of-reference marked thereon, which form a. part of this specificstion. 1

My invention relates to apparatus for extracting the commercial byproducts conteined in post.

it consists in providing a. means for crap oretingand purifying certain hydrocarbons such as are derived from peat.

t The apparatus usable in the conduct of the process may be of difi'erent forms and still such modifications may contain my invention.

- Figure 1 iso conventional diagrammatic illustration of the system for obtaining the by-products of peat in which the device em hodyingniy invention is connected. Fig. 2

- a sectional .view of the purifier shown in Fig. i. Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional 'view of thepurifier showing the electric heater.

.llcfcrrmg to dig. -1,.'1 is a'largo container or bin, suitably supported, for containing peat. The peat is placed in. the container or bin 1 through the hopper illocatcdiin the top of the bin, The opening inthe hopper i2 is appropriately scaled by :1 Ve1jplute 3. T he I 1 isprovided with a copnector a: to direct.

the-peat into the separator 5..

The top6 of the separator is provided with a petcock 7 to allow escape of gases or air, as may be desired. The lower end of the shell 5 is hopper-shaped and directs the peat upon an electric heater 8 of the form In order to show that the invention is practical, I have selected an apparatus emshown in Fig. 3, which illustrates theheater used in the purifier shown in Fig. 2. The separator may also he provided with s stirrer of any suitable. form which is operated. by a pulley Wheel 9 to work the peat down to the heater 8 as shown end more particu larly described in my copending'applice Serial No. 808,213. filed December 22,

A connecting pipe or conveyer 111 is located below the electric heater and as the peat is turnedinto coke by the intense heat of the ter 8, the coke is, conducted to the bin l2.

As the pest falls upon the electric heater the gases and. liquids areheated and. pass from the separator, The cokefwhich is formedloy the heat produced by the heater 8 passes to the, bottom ofthe separator and to the bin 12. The coke may be removed from the bin lizthrough an queuing 13 1ocatedat the loot-tom of the bin. A. plate 141 seals the opening 13. I

The gases separated from the peat together with any moisture that'may exist therein are driven offend are directed into a collector E through the pipe 24 wherein the heavy liquidssuch as tar. are collected. They immediately condense upon entering the collectorQO and fall to the bottom of the collector. The gases andlighter liquids together with water vapor, water is contained in the peat, pass out through the'upper end of the collector. Thelower end of the collec tor 20 is provided with a plug 21 or other suitable opening; which will permit. the rezmoval of liquids and cleaning of the collector.. The upper end provided with a. cap or plug 29. Pet-cocks .23 may be provided for removing liquids and gases, as may.loe desired.

, The collector 20 isconiiecteol witha condenser by means of a pipe 25. The condenser 30 separates the liquids from th'e vapors coming from the'collector. The}! are received through theinlct port 31 located in the bottom of the condenser.

and collects the liquids which are condensed in the condenserby means of cool water which is supplied and conveyed away through The lowerend 32 of they condenser is dome-shaped ill? I The liqui suitable pipes. The condenser 30 also opcrates to separate the gases from the lighter liquids. The vapors are condensed by the cooling fleet of the cold water and collected in the dome 32 of the condenser. The

liquids located in the dome and the other located in the cover which closes the top of the con denser. The bottom is provided with a suitlo able cap or lug 37, which may be opened and permit t e cleaning of the dome of-the condenser. The plug is provided with a pet-cock 29 for allowing residue liquids to pass out. 7 The liquids from the condenser 30 pass to a purifier 38. The purifier is a double I flask-shaped receptacle having heaters 39 and 40, one located in the lower part of the purifier, and the other located above the constricted portion of the purifier. The two parts are connected together by a coupler 41 havin right and left handed threads.

is enter theupper part of the urifier through 'the' inlet 42 and pass own through the purifier andby the heater 39 and through the connector 41 to the heater 40 located at the bottom of the purifier.

The liquid is .heated to a tem erature which will cause the evaporation 0 one of the many liquid elements contained in the bottom of the purifier. This temperature will vary according to the boiling point of the liquid to be separated. The vapor produced passes up from the purifier into the upper part of the purifier and past the upper heater 39. To separate the different elements of the liquidcontained in the purifier, the heat produced by the heater may be raised step by step to the boiling points 40 of the liquid elements contained in the purifier. As this temperature is altered the iquids will be driven off. A plurality of icondenscrs may be suitably connected to the I top of the purifier and condense the vapors of the liquid elements which may be driven off frornthe purifier. The liquid when heated by the heater 40 on account of the ,presence of alkalies and other earth com-i pounds in solution derived from the peat produces foam which. sometimes reaches the upper end of the lower part of the purifier and near tothe heater 39. The temperature of the heater 39 keeps the heat in that part of the purifier up to about 300 Fahrenheit: The heat causes the reduction of the foam and keeps .the foam in the lower part of the purifier. It also superheats the gases, and vapors arising from the lower part of the purifier. Suitable thermometers 43 are located in the vicinity of the heaters 39 and 40 in order that the temperature of the heaters --may "be suitably regulated. Insulated'conncctors '44: make connection with the heaters whereby a source of current havinga'high amperage may be cons out through the outlets, one

nected with the heaters. The connectors are insulated from the body of the purifier by meansvof fiber plates 45.

The purifier 38 is provided with 75 and 76 for cleaning the interior 0 w purifier. The vapors produced by the host of the heater 40 and superheated by tho heater 39 pass out through the top 46 of the purifier and the pipe 48 to a condenser 50.

A pressure gage 47 may be connected to tho 7 plug 46 located in the upper end of the purifier and acondenser 50 of any suitable form a where the vapors and gases-are cooled by 5 water supplied and conveyed away by suitable pipes.

l 1 The condenser 50 is provided with a coil 51, which is connected'to' the pipe Tho vapor enters the interior of the c011 at one end and passes out through the other end The condenser is connected to a suitable" gases. The gases enter the inlet 57 1013M. near the bottom of the scrubber. The scrub 3 her is partly filled with water. The level L of the water is detected or shown by the water-gage 58. The water-ga is providsd with'the usual valves 59. T gases put up through thewater in the manner well. known in the art, the ammonia enters solution with the water while the hydrm carbon gas passes out through the out! 61. The lower end of the scrubber is pm vided with a plug or cap 62,-which may he opened for cleaning the interior of the scrubber. AI cock 63 is located in the plug 62 for permitting the removal of the water or solution contained in the scrubber, and other material that may collect therein. The scrubber is connected to a suitable reservoir 65 for storing the hydro-carbon gas from whence the gas may be drawn as-dcsircd. In order to obtain a suitable balancing 118i pressure and in order to fill the system with a gas similar in character tothat producnd by the heater 8 in the separator 5 and to drive all air out of the system, the reservoir 65 is connected to the tin 1 by means of WU pipe 66 which is provided with. a valve 0 and a check-valve 68. The valve 68 pm vents automatically any return of gas or i mixture of gas and air to the reservoir 65 a from the bin 1 which might be formed in the filling of the bin 1. ii

The heaters 8, 9 and 40 are connected to the source 10 of current by means of the conductors which is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. a i

The pipes are provided with suitable valves and the condensers are connected to a source ofwater supply and a. drain or other suitable outlet.

5 2 Having thus described -my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,; I

' purifier for purifying theroducts of peat havinglobe-shaped portions located 10 one above the other and communicating- Witnesses:

with each other and electrically he'ated rods located above and at the lower end of each of said portions. I J

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to'this specification in the 15 presence of two subscribing witnesses. v ELLIS BARTHOLOMEW.

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